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Final phase of Union Carbide waste incineration begins at Pithampur facility
The final process to incinerate the remaining 307 tonnes of waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal began at a ...
Canadian family remains haunted by Bhopal, India, gas disaster 40 years later
Bhattacharjee was a maintenance engineer at Union Carbide in Bhopal, India, in 1984 when the toxic gas methyl isocyanate ...
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Union Carbide waste disposal: Incineration starts at Pithampur plant
On the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984, highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. At least 5,479 people were killed, and thousands were crippled.
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Madhya Pradesh HC allows disposal of waste from Bhopal’s Union Carbide plant at Pithampur
The waste is the result of an accident that occurred in December 1984, when methyl isocyanate and other toxic gases leaked from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited in Bhopal.
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Toxic waste finally removed from Bhopal factory site - four decades too late
Source: Getty / GAGAN NAYAR/AFP via Getty Images Authorities in India ... isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory run by the US-owned Union Carbide Corporation in his hometown, Bhopal.